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John E. Peterson

Politician

John E. Peterson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	John E. Peterson · John Peterson · جان ئی. پیترسون · جون اى. پيتيرسون · জন ই পিটারসন · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	John E. Peterson · Peterson, John · جان ئی. پیترسون				[sources]
Birth date	1938-12-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Titusville				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Peterson				[sources]
Middle name	E.				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6045035				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977-1984) · member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1985-1996) · member of the United States House of Representatives · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Pennsylvania State University · Titusville Area High School				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1938)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,250

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,319

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,558

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,384

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-congress-e4034cb541881d545424a4965359d13c47fc82bd · evpo-c8d8eeef-6e59-4a84-9c46-915dc24d8f99

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